CLARENDON JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS
OCTOBER 2015
AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS
Our After School Clubs are now up and running.
Thank you for your patience when collecting your
child – there are obviously a lot of parents to
reunite with their child at 4pm. To try and
alleviate the congestion in the Reception area, the
Art, Computing and Y3/4 football clubs will be in
the hall at 4pm so if your child attends one of
these clubs, they can be collected from the hall
when clubs finish. Clubs will run until Tuesday
1st December, although there will be no clubs on
Tuesday 20th October or Tuesday 17th
November.
SCHOOL MEALS
Our hot school meal provision is up and running.
Menus are on the website and paper copies are
available from the school office as are pre-printed
envelopes for you to return your food orders. As
the meals are not prepared on site, we have to
order the meals on a Wednesday morning for the
next week, so are unable to take any more orders
after this point. Unfortunately the free school
meals you will have seen promoted through the
media are only for children in KS1 [ie up to age
7] so there is a charge of £2.50 per meal for this
service.
SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS
We recently sent out a letter to parents and carers
of Y6 children letting you know about this year’s
arrangements for applying for a secondary school
place for next September. This now has to be
done online by the end of October. A copy of the
letter is on our website
[www.clarendonjuniors.co.uk] if your child has
not brought one home to you.
FRENCH CAFÉ
It was great to see so many of our families joining
us for the French Café last Friday after school.
We hope you enjoyed the little taste of France,
the pain au chocolat were particularly popular!
We hope to hold more events like this throughout
the year. A big thank you must go to our
Modern Foreign Languages Leader, Mrs Coates
who organised the event.
PARENTS EVENING
Letters will be going out to you shortly to invite
you to our parents’ evenings which are due to
take place from 3.30 – 6pm on Tuesday 20th and
Wednesday 21st October.
All appointments take place in our school hall
and we look forward to welcoming you into to
school to share how your child has settled in their
new Year Group.
ABSENCE
If your child is absent from school would you
please inform us either in person or by telephone
[01980 607007] before 10am. Thank you.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE DAY
Each year, we support Red, White and Blue Day
which this year will be held on Friday 9th
October.
Children may come dressed in red, white and blue
and we kindly ask for a donation of £1 per child
to raise funds for the Armed Forces combined
charities.
HALF TERM
As you will have seen from our Diary Dates in
September’s newsletter, school closes next
Wednesday 21st October for half term and reopens on Monday 2nd November.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Monday 5th October – Y3 parent Drop in for
Sharks and Polar Bears
Thursday 8th October - Y3 parent Drop in for
Sea Turtles and Honeybees
Friday 9th October – Red, White and Blue Day
Monday 12th October – Individual school
photographs.
Wednesday 21st October – break up for half
term
Monday 2nd November – return to school
On the back of this newsletter is the calendar for
2015 / 16 for your information.
School Term and Holiday Dates 2015/16
Sep-15
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
31
1
Saturday
Sunday
5
6
2
3
4
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Oct-15
28
29
30
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
4
11
18
25
Dec-15
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
7
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
6
13
14
15
16
17
18
21
22
23
24
25
19
20
26
27
Saturday
Sunday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
14
15
16
17
18
21
22
23
24
25
12
13
19
20
26
27
4
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
Saturday
Sunday
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
25
5
12
19
26
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
8
15
22
29
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
1
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12
13
14
15
16
18
19
20
21
22
23
3
10
17
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
8
9
10
15
16
17
22
23
24
4
5
6
7
11
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
29
May-16
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
Jul-16
27
28
29
30
30
Feb-16
Apr-16
Jun-16
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
26
27
28
29
30
31
Jan-16
Mar-16
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Nov-15
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
8
15
22
29
30
31
August/September 2016
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Bank and Public Holidays 2015/2016
Christmas Day Holiday
25th December 2015
Term 1
Boxing Day Holiday
28th December 2015
Term 2
New Years Holiday
1st January 2016
Term 3
Good Friday
25th March 2016
Term 4
Easter Monday
28th March 2016
Term 5
May Day Holiday
2nd May 2016
Term 6
Spring Bank Holiday
30th May 2016
TOTAL
Summer Bank Holiday
29th August 2016
5 days are also available for professional training day closures during term time.
These days are set by the Headteacher and Governors of each school.
Dates are correct at the time of publication.
1
2
3
8
9
10
15
16
17
22
23
24
29
4
5
6
7
11
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
25
26
27
28
1
2
37
35
30
24
34
35
195
30
31